I have repeatedly stressed that the selfish impulses of man constitute a much less historic danger than his integrative tendencies. To put… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Many a good intention dies from inattention. If, through carelessness or indolence, or selfishness, a good intention is not put into effect,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I think that there’s too much sugar in the world and not enough salt. Kids want to be challenged. Humans want to… — Buzz Williams Copy Share Image
Would that our harsh judgments could be restrained, our impatience checked, our selfishness broken down, our passions controlled, our waste of time… — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Copy Share Image
By obliging men to turn their attention to other affairs than their own, it rubs off that private selfishness which is the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
“If your love for another person doesn’t include loving yourself then your love is incomplete.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Being a 'good' parent is more about the parent, and, less about the 'supposedly-could-have-been-bad' child.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Comrades!' he cried. 'You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“But then, I knew so little about my mother over the last decade of her life. I had been too wrapped up… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
We're into an age of excessive individuals, all right. We're into the age were independence, autonomy, convenience, sometimes selfishness. The new trinity… — Timothy M. Dolan Copy Share Image
“People screw up. People screw up a lot. We allow our own selfishness to overpower us at times. It happens. But you… — Nicole Sobon Copy Share Image
We live in a world of transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true; though happily for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Flowers make themselves fragrant and offer nectar. Why? To nourish the bees or to get themselves pollinated? Or both? In nature, to… — Devdutt Pattanaik Copy Share Image